The government’s drive for transparency and accountability over the gender pay gap could be undermined by hundreds of errors in the figures that companies have reported, according to an analysis.
Listed companies and government bodies are among organisations that have presented dubious data in their pay gap reports, the Royal Statistical Society found in research seen by The Times. While 572 companies almost certainly made mistakes, a further 1,000 reports were flagged as suspicious.
Companies with more than 250 staff have been required by law to publish their pay gap since March last year. When the legislation was introduced, it was hoped that greater transparency would force employers to tackle gender imbalances in their workforce and that the results would help to inform better